The Bereavement Committee is a group of parishioners who, when requested prepare a luncheon after a funeral for the family and friends of the deceased.
Our volunteers help set up, serve, and clean up after the luncheon. We serve sandwiches, salads, desserts and drinks. All the food is donated by the parishioners. Working on this committee involves a minimal time commitment. Volunteers are called on an as-needed basis. We rotate our volunteers at receptions and for donating food.
Volunteers are needed to be a hostess, to donate food, make phone calls, set-up, serve or clean-up at receptions. For more information contact the parish office.
We promote Perpetual Adoration and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Members read entries from the Diary of St. Faustina, the Bible, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We practice corporal and spiritual works of mercy and are expanding our mission to going to homes and praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the sick and dying. If you wish several members in the Cenacle to visit and pray with you, call Marita McCollum at 703-768-3967 or Fran Raven at 703-768-5295. The cenacle meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 9:45am.
The Legion of Mary s the largest lay apostolic organization in the Catholic Church with 7 million active members and 20 million auxiliary (praying) members worldwide. The weekly meeting of the Legion includes praying the Rosary, spiritual reading and discussion, reports on apostolic work, and a talk by a priest. Members visit the sick in nursing homes and hospitals, welcome new parishioners, visit the home-bound, and take the Pilgrim Virgin statue of Mary to families in the parish. St. Louis has four active praesidiae. Contact Carmen Alfaro-Morawski at 703-768-0842 for more information.
Calling all couples, all widows and widowers! There is a monthly gathering for all of us to pray the Rosary and discuss various topics focusing on faith and marriage. Gatherings take place on a Saturday night from 7:30 to 9:00pm. Please contact Leo and Tanti McCormick at mccormickjr@verizon.net to RSVP or to find out more.
Can you touch a prayer? Can you pull it close and feel its comfort? You can if it’s part of a prayer quilt. As each knot is tied, a silent prayer is offered for someone in special need, someone who has asked us to pray for them. The quilt is then given to that person. These quilts are a statement of faith, and a testimony to our belief in God and in the power of prayer. To join Prayers & Squares at St. Louis, or to request a quilt for someone in need contact Tricia Reeder at triciareeder@gmail.com.